PICNIK

hoookay...soooooooooooo...allison just discovered PICNIK. i kno i'm so late in catchin on to this new fad, but i am having such a blast editing my photos and making them "better" haha

so here's all the one's i've done so far :]

btw...here's another "u can't do this bc ur mormon" rule lol

9. you're not allowed to wear skirts...that's showing too much skin (ahahahaha)

January+My Life=CRAZY

ok....so it's almost the end of january (aaagghhh!!!) and a TON has happened since my last post. first on the list to speak about? all those AMAZING trips with the basketball team!

the trip to memphis was absolutely crazy, but probably the funnest out of all of them so far :]
first night there, they ordered pizzas for everyone and i chilled with christian and smoove (anthony) until 3 in the A.M. these 2 guys are most def on my "top 5" fav guys on the team.

smoove is from the lovely FL...and he's hilarious :) christian is from the Cameroon and i absolutely <3 <3 <3 his accent!!!

idk how we got to the topic of religion...but i had the opportunity to share some of my standards and beliefs with them. it had to have been one of the coolest experiences of my life. and now that they know i'm LDS...they have both come up with a HUGE list of things that i'm not allowed to do "bc you're mormon" (kinda like "its bc i'm black isn't it...? just not hahaha) according to christian..."you're not allowed to do notting..." lol

so, here's the list as of right now...i'll keep updating when new ones come up lol

1. absolutely NO dancing...esp when it involves "shaking my nasty booty" haha
2. no texting
3. no smiling :(
4. no laughing...
5. no kissing
6. no dating
7. no hugging sweaty basketball players lol
8. no passing out papers

some of these, they came up with after our night out on the town in memphis. for dinner, we all went to the BB Kings Blues Club...lemme just tell you...the food was great, but the live entertainment was FANTASTIC! i was soooo disappointed when none of the guys asked me to dance...it wasn't until the end that i was finally asked if i wanted to dance (by coach hunter) lol of course, i said YES! when i got out on the dance floor, i turned to my right and saw 12...yes, count 'em...12 camera phones out filming hahahaha

BEST.NIGHT.EVER.

next day...got creamed by memphis, but it's all good loli then had 1 day off, and then we were headed to fort wayne to take on IPFW (which we won, of course!) and then we were off to detroit, where i had the please of spending the last 15 mins of 2009 with the team bc they were too busy drinking the rest of the night...but oh well lol we played oakland on the 2nd and sadly, we got beat...but only by 3 :/

and news flash: ALLISON IS 19 NOW!
it was quite a pleasant day actually...had class and then chilled for most of the day. we went out to dinner and then i went 2 hang out with some of the singles from the singles ward. we watched tarzan and a bugs life, then garrett proceded to play some music on zee guitar :]
classes have also started up (boo!) but at least they're pretty easy (YAY!!)
and now that steph has started classes this semester, i have the pleasure of spending lots of time with her pretty much every day! i haven't spent this much time with her since we were in middle school...and i just have to say that her baby, Brady Edward Earhart (Bee for short) is one of the absolute most cutest baby ever!!

basketball is goin pretty great. they are 15-7 and we take on oakland and IPFW this week. I will probably be traveling with them on the next 3 plane trips as well...CAN'T WAIT!!!!!
only problem with this season is the ridiculous amount of injuries...


greg has broken his collar bone and possibly broke his foot yesterday.
billy has really bad knee problems
robert broke his finger
espo has ankle problems
leroy had a pretty bad ankle sprain
alexander messed up his wrist somehow
zach broke his foot
jon just about killed his wrist in the game...

i think thats it...for now lol [crossin my fingers] lol


i love those guys soooo much and thank god every day for blessing me with this opportunity <3

michael dean houser

Ok...so many of you probably don't know this, but I have a brother.
I had completely forgotten the meaning of this day (other than it being christmas eve)...today would have been Michael's birthday.
I never had the chance to meet him because he was born 2 years before I was even thought of.
His birthday is December 24. He was born 13 weeks premature. He passed away December 25.


I can only imagine what my life would have been like if he had lived. Would I have been as close to my daddy as I am? Would I love sports as much as I do? Would he be my best friend? Would we have anything in common? Would he protect me from boys and stick up for me if I needed him to?


I will never know the answers to this question, but I am grateful to know that because my parents were sealed in the temple, I will be able to see him and get to know him someday. I will ALWAYS wonder how life would have been, but until the day when I do finally get to meet my brother... i <3 you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Michael!!!

endings...and new beginnings

well, it's been a tough week. i am down one friend as of this past weekend and i can't tell you all how much it hurts...i can't go through my senior book, listen to music i like, watch tv shows i like or even really enjoy goin back to the high school to support the boys that helped me to truly love what i'm doing.

on a brighter note, i am now able to travel with the men's basketball team on our road trips :)

last week, we traveled to south bend to take on the fighting irish of notre dame. the game ended in a bad fashion, but i feel closer to the guys than i ever have and that was just the first of many, MANY overnight trips to come. this break is going to be insane travel-wise with the team, especially the week of christmas and the week of new years. we always leave the day before (at least) so, here goes my winter break schedule:

12/19/09: iupui vs duquesne

12/22/09: depart for indiana state

12/23/09: iupui @ ISU (depart for home right after game)

12/26/09: depart for memphis

12/28/09: iupui @ memphis (depart for home right after game)

12/30/09: depart for IPFW

12/31/09: iupui @ IPFW

01/01/09: depart for rochester, MI

01/02/09: iupui @ oakland (depart for home right after game...5 1/2 hrs)

01/06/09: iupui vs ohio @ conseco fieldhouse

01/09/09: iupui vs western illinois

insane much?? just maybe. but it is most definitely worth it!!!

bein with these guys is when i'm the happiest. i am truly blessed to know these guys. they are so loving and just some of the most AMAZING people i have ever had the chance to know.

here are some photos of my boys <3

Hey yall!

I know it's been awhile and a TON has happened since the last time...(i just can't remember it all lol)

Well, school has officially started and it is KILLING ME...slowly but surely :P

I only have 5 classes, which equals to the minimum of 12 credit hours. It's not too terrible, but a word of advice to all those young ones out there...be smart about how you schedule your classes...meaning, put MORE THAN 15 minutes between your classes!! lol

I do, however, have quite a few hours to kill before classes and after classes before basketball....so i have taken to hanging with a long lost friend, miss Charlene Trapp :)

this is what we do in our spare time:

As you all know, I have the privilege to work with the Men's Basketball team here at IUPUI and I am sooooooooo excited about it. Practices have started and I am getting to know the guys little by little. Our first game is an exhibition game against Anderson at (you guessed it!!) Conseco Fieldhouse on November 2nd. So, everyone make sure you come out and support the team!!! Here's a photo of my new boys! :D in this photo, they are in Costa Rica.

Summer oh-nine : )

been pretty lazy but really busy at the same time...
of course, most of my time has been spent with my second family, the greens (alex, charley, angie, mom and dad) :D

so, many things have happened and i don't quite know where to start...
alex and i decided upon the schools we will be attending this coming fall. alex will be attending the university of indianapolis and i will be attending IUPUI. Yay for only being approximately 10-15 minutes away from each other! <3

alex and i will both be manager's for the men's basketball teams this coming fall and i cannot wait for the season to come...even though that means i'll be missing quite a few institute courses :(

alex had the opportunity to go to efy this year...does anyone wanna guess what allison did that whole week?? thats right! i went absolutely INSANE with out my sis!

we've both been spending a lot of time goin to AAU games and to quite a few summer league baseball games...guess that we just can't get enough of those boys!!! lol

also, because IUPUI doesn't have a football team, i've been spending a lot of my time back at Pike during their practices and scrimmages. it feels soooo great being out on the field again!

young women's camp this year was UH-MAY-ZING!! (even though jennifer and i had to leave early for a family reunion...) i'm really glad i went my last year. it was a very spiritual experience.




after that, we got to go to nauvoo and i had the most fantastic time ever! my aunt kendra and her family came out all the way from utah! <3





while in illinois, we also had the opportunity to go to carthage again :]
here are a few pics from the beautiful jail.................................................